I was lying down on the couch with a table next to me. I had my mp3 on listening to anything you can do. The day before I came home after third period sick and stayed home from school today. I woke up this morning on the couch at 7:30 and my shoulder hurt like hell. It still hurts but my mom said it was just a pulled mussel. Now my welsh terrier is laying on my ankles and suddenly me feet went cold. Oh well. I keep glancing at my table and the plate of chocolate my brother had put on it to touchier me. I glanced up to see a commercial and to also see the mother and her daughters all wearing the same outfit. 'How stupid.' I thought. Oh if you're wondering my name its Marie. And I live in present day North Merick. For a year now I have been watching Naruto and I have become a huge fan. But currently I was watching Emerial Live on the Food Network. I sat up and leaned on my left shoulder. "Ow." I mutter under my breath. My shoulder still hurt since the morning. Then the phone rang. It was my friend Liz. Seems that she was out today and yesterday. "Marie, come to school tomorrow, even if you're sick."

"Why?"

"Because, I don't want to be the only sick girl in school."

Liz sounded so sure of herself. "Oh hold on Liz. Yup he's asleep."

"What?!"

"Jack he is asleep on my legs. And I mean asleep asleep. Like he didn't even wake up when my dad came down stairs."

"Oh… I just love Jack he is just so nice to me."

"Shut up."

"Talk to you in SCHOOL tomorrow."

"Bye."

It started to get late, so I tried to get to sleep. I gazed out the window and saw the light from the moon. I watched some TV and went to the bathroom, but when I came back, I couldn't see the moon anymore. I started to think it was just a streetlight. Well I got tired so I fell asleep.

In my dream, I was in my mom's room, walking towards her closet. I walked towards the back and got to a clear section, and there was some stain on the wall. I touched the stain, and then there was a big bright light. And then I woke up with a pounding headache. Once again I looked out the window and still, I couldn't see the moon.

By the time I fell asleep again it was about 12:30 am. I fell asleep to the sounds of Iron Chef America and woke up in the morning to a strange info metrical. I also heard my mom asking me if I wanted to go to school. I school my head no and tried to fall back asleep. When I couldn't I asked, "Hey mom, is Carol going to school?" Carol is my older sister that goes to high school, but yesterday she came home early, because, like me, she didn't feel well. "No it's just going to be the three of us and the dogs." I smiled remembering the last time it was mom, Carol, and I. So here I am now. Watching TV and writing. That dream though, it seemed so real. Ya know what, that's it; I'm going to check it out. "Hey mom! Can I go upstairs?" I called out to my mom who was downstairs in the basement. "Sure, just don't puke." She called back to me. Sometimes my mom's humor is so gross. Never mind, I ran upstairs and walked into my mom's closet. I heard little feet behind me. I turned around to see my lhasa apso. "No Aja (pronounced Asia) you can't come with me." I whispered. Truthfully, I didn't even think I was going anywhere. "Sit and stay." She sat down and didn't follow me anymore. I walked into the closet and walked towards the back. I saw the huge stain and I touched it, like in my dream. Then there was the blinding light. And when it disappeared I wasn't in my mom's closet anymore. I was in a space between two houses with a flag hanging in the front of the ally way. I got nervous, so I did what I always do, I played with my hair. But I expected long curly hair, but instead I got short straight hair. I pressed my top lip ageist my teeth. 'Teeth?!' I expected to feel my braces not my teeth. When I tried to put my tong through my gap, there was no gap! I started walking down the ally way. Then I bumped into someone, "hey watch where you're going." The person said coldly. The voice was deep so I knew it was a guy that I bumped into. When I bumped into him I fell and that was when I remembered about my pain filled shoulder. I went to grab my shoulder but there was no pain. I was able to hear another boy saying in disgust, " Sasuke you hurt her and you don't even bother to help her up. None the less you don't even apologize!"

"She hit me, she should apologize." I looked up and said politely, "I'm sorry for bumping into you."

'I hate being nice to the people who don't even know me and are mean to me.' I thought, and then I shook it off. I got up and moved my left shoulder a little to make sure that it just wasn't a fluke that it didn't hurt. "I'm sorry about that. It doesn't seem that either one of them thinks sometimes. Especially Naruto." I looked at who was talking, and it was a girl with pink hair. She had a nice smile with her eyes closed, but when her eyes opened, her smile disappeared. "You look like Naruto!" she said as if in horror. I looked at the two boys and looked back at the girl. "I look nothing like either of them." I said nicely. I didn't have a problem being nice to the girl. She was nice to me. As simple as that. Then it seemed like she was trying to forget that I looked like one of the boys. "My name is Sakura," she pointed to the boy that I hit, "This is Sasuke," then pointed to the blond, "and he is Naruto." I smiled nicely. "So what is your name?" Naruto asked.

"My name is Marie."

"Marie what?" the onyx haired boy asked with curiosity rising in his voice. "Marie Rose."

"That's a weird name."

"And Naruto isn't weird." For some reason, the name sounded familiar. Naruto looked like he got an idea. "Hey Sakura, Sasuke, would you mind if Marie came with us to meet Kakashi-sensei?"

"Well I think it's a good idea. What do you think Sasuke?"

"I guess if she wants." Naruto got all happy. I really scared me, and it still does. Naruto looked at me, I shrugged and said, "Okay, I'll meet this Kakashi person." Naruto gave out a cheer of joy and grabbed my arm to go with them. He started walking a head and dragged me behind him. I turned around to Sakura and Sasuke and moved my lips to say 'Help me!' Sakura just laughed and ran on behind me to catch up to us. Sasuke followed, but only he just walked. As I watched Sasuke and Sakura come over to us I thought, 'what is up with Sasuke? What, does he think he is all that? I wouldn't be surprised if he had a rival everywhere. Even if him and Naruto were rivals!' then I turned around to talk to Naruto. "Hey Naruto, I have legs and I can walk for my self. So what do you think about letting go of my arm?" then I murmured under my breath, "People are staring." He turned around and smiled at me, "Oh sure."

When Naruto stopped walking we were all on a bridge. And everyone that knew what was going on, which excludes me right off the bat, looked annoyed. Then Sasuke turned to me and said, "Your name is really uncommon. You need a more common name so you don't start suspicion."

"Uhh okay. What should my name be?" It looked like I stumped everyone with that question. "Well what is your personality like?"

"Well my mom says I have an attitude and I guess I kinda do but I'm also kinda nice. Just nothing that means flower or something mushy like that."

"Well what about beautiful?"

"Ick that's even worse."

"Do you like to dance?"

"I love dancing."

"Then I think I have a name for you." Sasuke said like I was going to like it or something. He turned to look at me (again). "Mai or Maiko? Which one do you like better?"

"Uhh, I like Mai. What does it mean?" Sasuke gave a little smile that just looked like the corner of his lips going up. "It means dance."

Then there was a puff of smoke and a voice, "What means dance?" A man's voice spoke out. "My friends name means dance Kakashi-sensei." Naruto said cheerfully. "Well then Naruto, can I meet this friend?"

"Yea she is right here." Naruto pointed to me. "Uhh. Hi I'm Mai." Then I mumbled under my breath, "Right?" Sasuke nodded. Then I looked up at the silver haired man and smiled. "Well I'm Kakashi." Then Kakashi turned to the others and said with a little laugh, "Sorry I'm late guys, I guess I slept a little late this morning"

"A little?!" Sakura, Naruto and Sasuke yelled all at once. "Well that's the past. Lets put the past behind us and go start training. Okay?" Then the others and I followed Kakashi to a clearing in the forest. I looked at Sasuke and he had his hands stuffed in his pockets. Then I taped Naruto on the shoulder and went to mock Sasuke. When I put my hands in my pocket, I realized that there was something in my pocket. It was my mp3. I put in the headphones and turned it on. When Kakashi got to a clearing in the forest, he stopped and turned to us. "Mai would you mind sitting over there while we train?" Kakashi pointed to an area by a tree. I shrugged and went over to where he told me to go. Then for some reason I stopped. I looked down and saw a rock, and I kicked it over to the spot. The rock got catapulted across the forest. I smirked and sat somewhere else. From what I could see, Kakashi looked pleased. Well I didn't pay attention to the next hour and a half. I was listening to my mp3, and by the time I looked up Naruto was standing over me panting. "Come on I want you to meet some people." He said in between huffs to catch his breath. We started to walk back to where I first met them. "Hey Sakura, where am I?"

"You're in Konaha, the village hidden in the leaves." Sakura simply replied. So then I guess we were heading back to Konaha. I had absolutely no idea of who Naruto wanted me to meet. All I knew was that not everyone I was going to meet here were going to be nice to me. And sure enough, that was proven when Sasuke said to me, "you know you probably are going to have enemies with the same people Naruto has enemies with. You know that right?"

"Uhh why?"

"Because you look like him." I looked at Naruto and thought 'He looks nothing like me.' Then I sighed. 'I am going to have enemies.' Then I looked up and smiled.